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My Life as a Dog (TV series)

My Life as a Dog is a contemporary, half-hour Canadian drama series that ran for 22 episodes from September 8, 1996 until February 2, 1997. It was based on the 1985 Swedish movie of the same name and was developed for Canadian television by, among others, Reidar Jönsson, author of the original autobiographical book.

Plot
After his mother's death and with his sailor father away at sea, imaginative 11-year-old Eric Johansson is sent to live in a small fishing village with his mother's twin brother, Johnny Johansson. Eric's adventures in Gimli will help him to feel at home with his new family and come to terms with some pre-adolescent uncertainties while Johnny, burdened with unexpected fatherly duties, has to make some choices he avoided to face before. ==Cast==
Cast
Michael Yarmush - Eric Johansson • Callum Keith Rennie - Johnny Johansson • Marley Otto - Anastasia 'AJ' Burke • Jennifer Clement - Zoë Johansson • Joy Coghill - Astrid 'Auntie Auntie' Árnesson • Bucky Hill - Sam LaFresne • Yank Azman - Tom Shaughnessy ==Awards==
Awards
In 1997 Callum Keith Rennie won a Gemini Award for ''Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for his role as Johnny Johansson. Michael Yarmush won the 1998 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actor and was nominated for a YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series'' the same year. ==Episodes==
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